JACKSON, Mississippi (Reuters) - A Mississippi inmate is facing execution on Tuesday despite an admission last week by federal authorities that statements made during his 1994 murder trial about a hair sample pushed the limits of science and were 'invalid'. Full story

AUSTIN, Texas/ATLANTA (Reuters) - The Georgia Supreme Court lifted a stay of execution on Thursday for a man convicted of fatally shooting two Mercer University students in 1995, paving the way for officials to put him to death by lethal injection later in the day. Full story

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Warren Lee Hill is shown in this undated Georgia Department of Corrections photograph. Hill is scheduled for execution by lethal injection at 7 p.m. on February 19, 2013, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson. Hill is described by his lawyers and three state experts as mentally